Events on 31 January 46
See all →Year 1606
Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James.
Year 1814
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina).
Year 1846
After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 1
Birthdays on 31 January 181
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Taejo of Goryeo
b. 877 – d. 943
Taejo of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 877)
Henry, King of Portugal
b. 1512 – d. 1580
Henry, King of Portugal (b. 1512)
Tokugawa Ieyasu
b. 1543 – d. 1616
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1543)
Peter Bulkley
b. 1583 – d. 1659
Peter Bulkley, English and later American Puritan (d. 1659)
John Francis Regis
b. 1597 – d. 1640
John Francis Regis, French priest and saint (d. 1640)
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
b. 1607 – d. 1651
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby (d. 1651)
Arnold Geulincx
b. 1624 – d. 1669
Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher and academic (d. 1669)
Louis de Montfort
b. 1673 – d. 1716
Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
Hans Egede
b. 1686 – d. 1758
Hans Egede, Norwegian missionary and explorer (d. 1758)
Gouverneur Morris
b. 1752 – d. 1816
Gouverneur Morris, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1816)
François Devienne
b. 1759 – d. 1803
François Devienne, French flute player and composer (b. 1759)
André-Jacques Garnerin
b. 1769 – d. 1823
André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
Deaths on 31 January 87
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Máedóc of Ferns
d. 632 (b. 550)
Máedóc of Ferns, Irish bishop and saint (b. 550)
Hemma
d. 876
Hemma of Altdorf, Frankish queen
Theodore II of Constantinople
d. 1216
Theodore II of Constantinople
Emperor Sukō
d. 1398 (b. 1334)
Emperor Sukō of Japan (d. 1398)
Mircea I of Wallachia
d. 1418 (b. 1355)
Mircea I of Wallachia (b. 1355)
Xuande Emperor
d. 1435 (b. 1399)
Xuande Emperor of China (b. 1398)
Bairam Khan
d. 1561 (b. 1501)
Bairam Khan, Mughalan general (b. 1501)
Menno Simons
d. 1561 (b. 1496)
Menno Simons, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1496)
Henry, King of Portugal
d. 1580 (b. 1512)
Henry, King of Portugal (b. 1512)
Guy Fawkes
d. 1606 (b. 1570)
Guy Fawkes, English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot (d. 1606)
Ambrose Rookwood
d. 1606 (b. 1578)
Ambrose Rookwood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1578)
Thomas Wintour
d. 1606 (b. 1571)
Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1571)